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Friday, September 30, 2022

CHALLENGE #10 - TOO CUTE TO SPOOK!

Happy October Creative Friends!
It's CRAFTober time and we've got lots of SPOOKtivities lined up for you this month🎃
 
Our new Challenge for October starts today, one whole week early so you've got the whole month to scare yourself silly with creepy cuteness, and tomorrow begins our most anticipated 12th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop that you can join in on at any time throughout the month as a Wicked Maker or just enjoy the show by hopping along with us!  There's lots of Wicked Sponsors lined up to hand out faBOOlous Prize Candy so you really don't want to miss out on the fun!
So join us for a magical month of SPOOKtivities!
 
 
Now for our October Challenge!
 
 
Challenge #10
TOO CUTE TO SPOOK!
Sept 30 - Oct 28
  
 Normally our monthly challenges begin on the first Friday of every month but we do so LOVE Halloween here at LeighSBDesigns so I just had to give you all an extra week to craft up a spooky good time this month and start our new Challenge today instead🎃

"Too Cute to Spook!" is the Halloween theme for this month's Challenge!  
We challenge you to create whatever you want using cute or creepy cute Halloween imagery using any stamp company products following the Challenge Rules below!

You are welcome to play in both the monthly Challenge and the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop but your entries into each must be different to qualify for the prizes.
 
Link up your Cute/Creepy Cute Halloween makes in the Challenge #10 linky party below by October 28 midnight pacific!  Details and Challenge Rules are below and also posted on our Challenge Page, please read everything over before linking up! 
 

LeighSBDesigns is also proud to be sponsoring the Most Magical Time of the Year Challenges for their big launch this month where you can celebrate 365 Days of Halloween and Christmas all year long!
How wickedly awesome is that!!!
  

Our monthly Challenges start on the first Friday of every month!  Prizes are based on participation so the more you play the better the prizes so please do help spread the word and tell all your crafty friends to come and join the fun!
 
Please read over the rules before linking up!  
 
 CHALLENGE PRIZE TIER #1
  • Enter the monthly Challenges using LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps or SVG Cutz to win the LeighSBDesigns Surprise Challenge Prize
  • Winner invited to be a Guest Designer
  • Please follow the rules explained below
CHALLENGE PRIZE TIER #2
  • Enter using any stamp company products to win a Top Spot or Top 3 badge plus a generous discount code to spend at LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz
  • Winners invited to be a Guest Designer
  • Please follow the rules explained below 

CHALLENGE INFO and RULES

  • LeighSBDesigns Challenges are monthly with a new theme posted on the first Friday of each month! 
  • Please follow LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog to play!
  • Our Challenges are themed with an occasional Anything Goes.  
  • You can make anything you want following the current theme:  paper crafts, mixed media, rubber or digi stamping...whatever makes your muse happy is welcome! 
  • Our Challenges are open to everyone using any company products with the main prize for those who use LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps or SVG Cutz.
  • Include the Challenge details and Challenge badge in your post and link back to this main post
  • Prizes are based on participation so the more you play the better the prizes so tell all your crafty friends to come and join the fun! 
  • There's no limit on entries or how many other challenges you combine with ours!
  • Challenge entries must be new and posted on or after the Challenge start date - no back linking!
  • After linking up please leave a comment on the Challenge main post because we do love hearing from you! 
  • Link to your actual project posts using a permalink! 
  • You're welcome to play in any of our current Blog Hops too but your entries must be different if the themes are similar! 
  • Don't have a blog, no prob!  You can share from Flickr, Instagram, YouTube etc. 
  • Problems linking up? Leave a comment below explaining your issue and include the link to your make.
  • Social media shares please use hashtag #LeighSBDesignsChallenge10TooCuteToSpook
  • It would be awesome if you'd follow us on Instagram, Pinterest, subscribe to our YouTube channel and join our social media groups on Facebook and MeWe - let us know where you are following us when you leave your comment below😀
 Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

Challenge #7, #8 and #9 WINNERS!

Happy nearly October Creative Friends!
It's nearly CRAFTober time and things are furiously busy behind the scenes here as we prepare for our 12th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop that starts on Saturday Oct 1st!  We've got lots of Wicked Sponsors lined up to hand out their spooktacular Prize Candy and our monthly Challenge for October starts a whole week early tomorrow too, CRAFTober is going to be SPOOKTACULAR!
Come join us, you don't want to miss out on all the SPOOKtivities 🎃
 
Thank you everyone for coming to play in our monthly Challenges, all your makes were a joy to see!
 I'm now delighted to announce a whole bunch of winners today so lets go🎉 
 
 
Congratulations
#15 PRIYA
 You take Top Spot for Challenge #9 Anything Goes in Shades of Blue with this beautiful make❤️ 
 
 
Grab your snazzy TOP SPOT badge for your blog sidebar and then email LeighSBDesigns@yahoo.com to claim your 35% off prize coupon to spend at LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz by Oct 13!  You're also invited to be a featured guest designer using your prize, contact me to make arrangements!

 
Congratulations to the Top 3 Winners for Challenge #9 Anything Goes in Shades of Blue with these beautiful makes❤️
 
#3 ROSI

#5 CHRISTIN

#6 SWEETPEA

Grab your snazzy TOP 3 badge for your blog sidebars and then email LeighSBDesigns@yahoo.com to claim your 30% off prize coupon to spend at LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz by Oct 13!  Everyone is invited to be a featured guest designer using your prize, contact me to make arrangements!

 
Congratulations
NAN
 You're the Challenge Prize Winner of Challenge #8 Anything Goes with these wonderful makes❤️
 
 
Grab your snazzy WINNER badge for your blog sidebar and then email LeighSBDesigns@yahoo.com or send a message to claim your mystery prize from my personal crafty stash by October 13 and arrange to be a featured guest designer in the near future too!
 
 
Congratulations
GRANMARGARET
 You win TOP SPOT with this wonderful make❤️   
 

 
Grab your snazzy TOP SPOT badge for your blog sidebar and then email LeighSBDesigns@yahoo.com to claim your 35% off prize coupon to spend at LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz by Oct 13!  You're also invited to be a featured guest designer using your prize, contact me to make arrangements!
 
 
Congratulations
TEE
 You're the Challenge Prize Winner of Challenge #7 Jingle All the Way with these adorable festive makes❤️ 


Grab your snazzy WINNER badge for your blog sidebar and then email LeighSBDesigns@yahoo.com or send a message to claim your mystery prize from my personal crafty stash by October 13 and arrange to be a featured guest designer in the near future too!
 
  Congrats ladies🎉
See you all Friday for the start of Challenge #10 and Saturday for the start of our SPOOKtacular 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop
 
Hope you'll join in on the SPOOKtivities!

 Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Friday, September 9, 2022

Halloween 2022 Release: "Shadows Rising" Collection of Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz!

Happy September Creative Friends!
It's SPOOKtember and time to release my Halloween 2022 Collection🎃
 
 
I've got 10 wicked awesome new designs, 8 digi stamps and 2 SVG Cutz sets to introduce you to today so grab your popcorn and snuggle down for the magical video reveal of
"Shadows Rising"
Halloween 2022 Collection of Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz🎃

The Witching Hour fast approaches, the creatures of Furness Forest begin to stir as Shadows of a 1000 Years rise again unseen...until the night of Halloween!"
 
 
Pair this new SPOOKtacular collection up with last year's Once Upon a Nightmare Collection and all my other Halloween themed digi stamps and SVG Cutz for a SPOOKtacular Halloween of card making and more!
 
Shop the Shadows Rising Collection at LeighSBDesigns BOOtique on special release sale through Friday Sept 17th midnight pacific!
 
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The Shadows Rising Collection of Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz is here to fright and delight you this Halloween!  Come and explore the magical world of Furness Forest...if you dare...mwahahahaha🎃
 
Let's start with a closer look at the 8 SPOOKtacular new Digi Stamp sets!

 
Lilith Shadow Faerie Queen Digi Stamp is a SPOOKtacular illustration of a fantasy Fairy Queen silhouette casting a magical spell.  She wears a crown of roses, her torso is nestled in a bed of roses and she has magnificent ragged wings and minimal body detailing.  She is the crown jewel of my Shadows Rising Collection and perfect for fans of fairies, Gothic art and Halloween!

Set includes:
Lilith Shadow Faerie Queen with transparent wings and background - png file
Lilith Shadow Faerie Queen with opaque wings and transparent background - png file
Lilith Shadow Faerie Queen - jpg file

 
Laila the Pumpkin Shadow Faerie Digi Stamp is equally as gorgeous as Lilith the Shadow Faerie Queen!  Laila is a SPOOKtacular illustration of a fantasy silhouette fairy perched mischievously upon her wickedly grinning pumpkin nestled amongst tangled vines.  She has magnificent ragged wings and minimal body detailing while the pumpkin is spooky in every detail with its wicked grin and gleaming eyes.  She's a BOOtiful design perfect for fans of fairies, Gothic art and Halloween!

Set includes:
Laila the Pumpkin Shadow Faerie with transparent wings and background - png file
Laila the Pumpkin Shadow Faerie with opaque wings and transparent background - png file
Laila the Pumpkin Shadow Faerie - jpg file
 
 
Nyx Shadow Faerie Digi Stamp is a SPOOKtacular illustration of a fantasy silhouette fairy.  Nyx is a curvaceous and mischievous fairy with magnificent ragged wings and minimal body detailing and when she peers out the shadows at you all you will see are her glowing eyes!  Pair this beauty up with the other Shadow Faeries in my collection!

Set includes:
Nyx Shadow Faerie with transparent wings and background - png file
Nyx Shadow Faerie with opaque wings and transparent background - png file
Nyx Shadow Faerie - jpg file


Samara Shadow Faerie Digi Stamp is a SPOOKtacular illustration of a fantasy silhouette fairy in profile with ragged wings and minimal body detailing.  She can't wait to join her Shadow Sisters for a Halloween night of mischief!

Set includes:
Samara Shadow Faerie with transparent wings and background - 1 png file
Samara Shadow Faerie with opaque wings and transparent background - 1 png file
Samara Shadow Faerie Digi Stamp - 1 jpg file
 
 
 Shadows of a 1000 Years Spell Digi Stamp
Shadows of a 1000 Years Spell Digi Stamp is a SPOOKtacular illustration of a swirling spell design with a wicked grinning face and the "Shadows of a 1000 Years" Halloween saying forming the swirling spell up to a point with Fall leaves fluttering around.  You get the Spell with the wicked face in solid black as well as an outline version with a white interior so you can colour it.  This design is perfect for your slimline makes!

Set includes:
Black Silhouette - Shadows of a 1000 Years Spell with a transparent background - 1 png file
Outline with white interior - Shadows of a 1000 Years Spell with a transparent background - 1 png file

 
Furness Forest Shadow Trees is a set of 3 separate spooky silhouette trees for creating magically wicked forest scenes!  Layer the trees in various sizes before printing to create a forest or print and fussy cut them out and use as 2D ephemera elements and dramatic backgrounds for all card sizes including slimlines and even 3D elements for your spooky village scenes!
 
Set includes:
Furness Forest Shadow Tree 1 - 1 png file with a transparent background and 1 jpg file
Furness Forest Shadow Tree 2 - 1 png file with a transparent background and 1 jpg file
Furness Forest Shadow Tree 3 - 1 png file with a transparent background and 1 jpg file

 
Furness Forest Apothecary Labels #1 Digi Stamps
Furness Forest Apothecary Labels Set #1 is a spooktacular digi stamp set of 9 Gothic Apothecary Labels.  All 9 labels are done in a portrait format with a Gothic grunge vibe and presented altogether on one sheet ready for you to just print out onto your favourite cardstock or label sticker paper.  You can have fun resizing the labels to perfectly fit your apothecary jars or use them as ephemera elements and dramatic backgrounds for all your Halloween makes this year!

Set includes 9 Apothecary Labels presented on one sheet as:
1 png file with a transparent background and 1 jpg file

The Apothecary Labels say:
Vampire Blood
Luna Witch Drops
Death Dust
Dragon's Breath
Griffin Tears
Night Terror Hex
Deadly Nightshade
Shadow Bones
Mandrake Root
 
 
Furness Forest Apothecary Labels Set #2 is a spooktacular digi stamp set of 6 Gothic Apothecary Labels.  All 6 labels are done in a landscape format with a Gothic grunge vibe and presented altogether on one sheet ready for you to just print out onto your favourite cardstock or label sticker paper.  You can have fun resizing the labels to perfectly fit your apothecary jars or use them as ephemera elements and dramatic backgrounds for all your Halloween makes this year!

Set includes 6 Apothecary Labels presented on one sheet as:
1 png file with a transparent background and 1 jpg file

The Apothecary Labels say:
POISON
ARSENIC
HEMLOCK
POTIONS
ELIXIRS
TOXINS
 
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Now for a closer look at the 2 SPOOKtacular SVG Cutz sets designed for use with your Silhouette, Cricut, Scan n Cut and other popular electronic cutting machines that support SVG files!
 
Each set includes SVG and Silhouette Studio file formats! 
 
 
The Shadows Rising Gothic Frame SVG Cutz set is a beautiful and magical Gothic style Frame with matching mat layers perfect for Halloween as well as year round creating for fans of all things Gothic!  The Gothic overlay Frame is provided in two line widths, one is delicate and the other more chunky and each come with 2 matching mat layers for both frames.
 
Designed to fit both US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats and can be resized for all your crafting needs too!
 
Set includes:
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
Gothic Frame with a more delicate line width + 2 matching mat layers
Gothic Frame with a more chunky line width + 2 matching mat layers
 
 
 
Furness Forest Shadow Trees SVG Cutz
The Furness Forest Shadow Trees SVG Cutz set includes 4 magical spooky tree silhouettes, 3 stand alone trees and 1 "forest" scene with the 3 trees combined!  These spooky trees are perfect for creating 2D fantasy forest backgrounds and dimensional elements for cards as well as 3D Halloween forest scenes for spooky villages and other Halloween dioramas!
 
Designed to fit both US Letter/A4 and 12" x 12" cutting mats and can be resized for all your crafting needs too!
 
Set includes:
SVG and Studio 3 file formats
3 stand alone spooky silhouette Trees
1 spooky silhouette Forest of 3 Trees combined

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 You will see "Shadows Rising" Digi Stamps and SVG Cutz sets and more in action this October!  Haunt with us and countdown to October 31st in LeighSBDesigns style and play in our 12th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop!  I've got spooktacular Wicked Sponsors ready to hand out lots of Candy Prizes this year!  It's going to be a SCREAM👻
 
Grab our 31 DOH Badge for your blogs and share far and wide at all your favourite haunts to spread the news coz you really don't want to dare miss out on the most anticipated SPOOKtivities of the year 🎃
 
Thanks for creeping in today to see our SPOOKtacular new Halloween release and stay tuned for this year's Christmas/Winter Collection release too❄️
 
See you October 1st!
 Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

Farewell Queen Elizabeth II

Val and I are so deeply saddened by the passing of our beloved Queen Elizabeth II😔
Such a sad moment in history and the end of the second Elizabethan era.
In the words of Paddington Bear, 
Thank you for everything❤️

Friday, September 2, 2022

Challenge #9 Main Post - Anything Goes in Shades of Blue!

Happy September Creative Friends!
It's STAMPtember time so while you await the release of my fabulous new collections for Halloween and Christmas and prepare to play in our 12th annual 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop, with lots of Wicked Sponsors lined up to hand out spooktacular Prize Candy, here's another fun challenge for you to play in this month!
 
 
Challenge #9
Anything Goes in Shades of Blue
Sept 2-23
  
 The seasonal festivities are fast approaching so here's another fun easy going Challenge for you this month!  The theme is Anything Goes in Shades of Blue so we challenge you to create whatever you want with any imagery using the many colours of BLUE!  Easy peasy!
Show us what you're busy making!
 
All makes of any kind from cute to creepy and using any stamp company products are welcome so lets get the creativities started and play in the Challenge #9 linky party below by September 23 midnight pacific!  Details and Challenge Rules are below and also posted on our Challenge Page, please read everything over before linking up!


We host monthly Challenges starting on the first Friday of every month!  Prizes are based on participation so the more you play the better the prizes so please do help spread the word and tell all your crafty friends to come and join the fun!
 
Please read over the rules before linking up!  
 
 CHALLENGE PRIZE TIER #1
  • Enter the monthly Challenges using LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps or SVG Cutz to win the LeighSBDesigns Surprise Challenge Prize
  • Winner invited to be a Guest Designer
  • Please follow the rules explained below
CHALLENGE PRIZE TIER #2
  • Enter using any stamp company products to win a Top Spot or Top 3 badge plus a generous discount code to spend at LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps Boutique
  • Winners invited to be a Guest Designer
  • Please follow the rules explained below 

CHALLENGE INFO and RULES

  • LeighSBDesigns Challenges are monthly with a new theme posted on the first Friday of each month! 
  • You must be a follower of LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog to play!
  • Challenges are mostly themed with an occasional Anything Goes.  
  • You can make anything you want:  paper crafts, mixed media, rubber or digi stamping, cute or creepy...whatever makes your muse happy is welcome! 
  • Your make must be inspired in some way by the current challenge theme.
  • Our Challenges are open to everyone using any company products with the main prize for those who use LeighSBDesigns Digi Stamps or SVG Cutz.
  • Prizes are based on participation so the more you play the better the prizes so please help spread the word and tell all your crafty friends to come and join the fun!
  • Include the Challenge details and Challenge badge in your post and link back to this main post
  • There's no limit on entries or how many other challenges you combine with ours!
  • Challenge entries must be new and posted on or after the Challenge start date - no back linking!
  • After linking up please leave a comment on the Challenge main post...we do love hearing from you! 
  • Link to your actual posts! 
  • You're welcome to play in any of our current Blog Hops too but your entries must be different if the themes are similar! 
  • Don't have a blog, no prob!  You can share from Flickr, Instagram, YouTube etc. 
  • Problems linking up? Leave a comment below explaining your issue and include the link to your make.
  • Social media shares please use hashtag #LeighSBDesignsChallenge9AnythingGoesShadesOfBlue
  • It would be awesome if you'd follow us on Instagram, Pinterest, subscribe to our YouTube channel and join our social media groups on Facebook and MeWe - let us know where you are following us when you leave your comment below😀
 Happy Creating!
THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter